Private schools
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VCE
Private school students more likely to get VCE special exam exemptions
The number of VCE students getting special exam assistance has surged, with nearly 60 per cent going to private schools despite them making up just 37 per cent of the cohort.
- by Noel Towell
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The high price of withdrawing a bullied child from private school
Parents say schools are financially penalising them - and some are being made to sign non-disclosure agreements - if they withdraw their children due to bullying.
- by Jordan Baker
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Education
Funding review ordered for Melbourne private school swimming in federal cash
The Commonwealth will review its funding of a top private school after The Age revealed the school was splashing $85 million on a new sports complex.
- by Noel Towell
Cranbrook teachers to be schooled on what a respectful workplace looks like
The measures cap off a tumultuous couple of months for the private school following allegations of workplace bullying and complaints about how abuse was handled.
- by Christopher Harris
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Education
The map that reveals Sydney’s flight from public primary schools
Public primary schools have more than 20,000 fewer enrolments than five years ago. And it’s not all because of a switch to private schools.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
The man who left parents $7 million out of pocket and 600 children heartbroken
Children from more than 100 schools – including Reddam, The Forest High and Marist Sisters – thought they were going on a trip to NASA in Texas. That was until Charles Chung’s company collapsed, owing millions. Here’s how it unravelled.
- by Lucy Carroll and Colin Kruger
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Melbourne
Private school splashes $85 million on ‘humble’ new pool complex
The new centre will include a 50-metre pool, diving towers, seating for 400 spectators, a gymnasium, spin room and an underground carpark.
- by Noel Towell
Opinion
School funding
You think there’s no divide in school funding? Take this history lesson
While public schools are starved of resources and private school remain overfunded, let’s cut to the chase.
- by Ken Boston
‘An easy place to be a nerd’: See where your MP went to school
Labor MPs’ schooling is reflective of the current school aged population, but more Coalition and independent MPs went to private school.
- by Christopher Harris
‘They don’t feel safe’: Martial arts on the curriculum as youth crime spikes
Melbourne schools are hiring private instructors to train teens in self-defence, covering “street smarts” as much as “the kicking and punching”.
- by Alex Crowe
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School fees
Parents brace for bill shock as private school hikes fees almost 20 per cent
As Victoria’s private schools begin to announce their 2025 fees – accounting for new payroll tax – families at one prestigious girls’ school are protesting.
- by Noel Towell
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